Dies ist ein Original, keine Reproduktion / This is an original, not a reproduction.

Jean Baptiste Audebert and Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot 

 Le Picucule

Some of the world’s most beautiful birds are masterfully 
illustrated in Vieillot and Audeberts 1802 

“Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metallique.” 

Only 100 copies of this first edition were issued - rare

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Jean Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) etched the plates using his own drawings 

as well as those of celebrated artists of the day. Originally a miniature painter, he became 

interested in ornithology through his work illustrating the specimens of a wealthy collector. 

For the “Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metallique” he devised a printing 

method using a single plate and oils instead of the more typical water based paints. 

The color printed plates are embellished with hand coloring.

Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748-1831), a French naturalist, was one of the first 

ornithologists to observe the habits of birds in order to better classify them. 

Leaving France at the time of the French Revolution, Vieillot spent over ten years 

in North America greatly contributing to the taxonomy of birds of the New World. 

During this period, he classified numerous North American birds 

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Zustand / Condition:
Sehr gut erhalten  - siehe Bilder.
Very good condition - please see images.